President Mahinda Rajapaksa left for South Africa today to pay his last respects to late Nelson Mandela.

Earlier Presidential Media Coordinating Secretary, Wijayananda Herath said that President Rajapaksa will attend the state funeral on Tuesday in Soweto, Johannesburg.

The President will later travel to Kenya on an official tour. The Presidential Media Coordinating Secretary said that President Mahinda Rajapaksa will stay in Kenya for four days.

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